Today’s Quote: “Never give a child a sword.” – Latin Proverb
Today’s Question: How often do you ignore good advice?
My Thoughts: Sometimes you get lucky, and out of the blue some outsider will give you a solid piece of advice that could instantly change your life for the better. It could be tossed out as an aside in the middle of a conversation that could have nothing to do with the advice, or it could be deliberately delivered, even if unsolicited, by someone outside of the loop who may or may not have the best of intentions. But the advice is solid. How often do you ignore the advice given by others that you are sure will help you? Is it because you didn’t come up with the idea yourself?
Today’s Quote: “We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?” – Ray Bradbury
Today’s Question: What is really bothering you?
My Thoughts: Inaction was bothering me. I had plenty of things to do, but I wasn’t working on the things I really wanted to, like “Today’s Quote & Question.” So after a 21 day hiatus, I came back to doing something I loved to do, even if I still have to figure out what I will ultimately give up to keep it up. With the right insight, I will find a way to give up doing something that is really bothering me.
8 life lessons that I have personally learned over the past 7 days, for the week ending 11/21/09:
1: RICK SPRINGFIELD IS 60 – Rick Springfield, along with Reo Speedwagon, performed in Little Rock as a part of a TV taping of Holiday Celebration on Ice. When I got the tickets, I had no idea about the mini-concerts. Yes, Rick sang ‘Jesse’s girl, along with some Christmas songs. REO Speedwagon got in some of their classic hits, while giving us a taste of songs from their new Christmas album. But trying to wrap my head around Rick Springfield being that old, made my head hurt and made me feel old.
2: YOU CAN JUST ABOUT ALWAYS FIX YOUR MISTAKES – After Holiday Celebration On Ice ended with a big musical and dance number with the bands and all the skaters, Brian Boitano let us in on a secret to why you never see any mistakes in the TV presentations of their ice dancing. They give all the skaters a chance to retape segments of their performance and they edit it in. Makes me feel better about having to redo a lot of my work
3: BEWARE THE TRAPPINGS (AND THE TRAPS) OF FAME – got to spend some up close and personal time with some nationally know radio personalities . . . and a learned a lot about how to handle people, and how to be handled, in certain situations. This was in direct contrast to a national recording artist that came in a few weeks ago, who went out of his way to be friendly and fun, especially when he was on he air promoting on a station with a totally different format.
4: REMEMBER WE CAN’T SEE 360 DEGREES – You can never see the full picture of a person from a few looks. People have different roles they play in different situations and stations, and if you catch a person on an off day, you don’t even get a true representation of them in the role you get to see. Try to give people the benefit of the doubt, and if you can’t avoid them, get your business done and then find a way to separate yourself
5: ALWAYS LEAVE A LITTLE ROOM IN YOUR SCHEDULE – a little miscommunication with the radio personality already mentioned opened up an opportunity later in the week. I had plenty of thing to do, but nothing ‘better’ to do, and I was able to make it work
6: PEOPLE ARE GENEROUS WHEN ASKED – one of the national health care free clinics made a stop here in Little Rock, and they had to stop taking volunteers a week before the event. They ended up with as many volunteers as they had scheduled appointments. If you ask for help, you might be surprised how much help you may receive
7: FAMILY TAKES PRIORITY – In the middle of a crazy day at work on Friday, my mother in law was in town having surgery. And although I no longer have some of the flexibility in my work schedule as I used to, when I got the call that she was ready to check out, I was able to get out and get to her. When I got there and found out she wasn’t quite ready to go, I sat patiently and waited for two hours until she was. Because while I am a person that truly lives to work, is there is no one to come home to after the day is done, what is the point?
8: I AM NOT DONE – This has been one of my most frustrating and disappointing years of my life, and I have defiantly had a difficult November. But chances are it will not be my last year of life, or my last November. Life is far from perfect, but it is a life, I intend to continue living it, and living it to the fullest.
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